So… one of the things influencing my Viking recreation efforts these days is that since last summer I’m doing my best to only eat plants. Let’s say “plant-powered” rather than the v-word, since that comes with so much political baggage. It doesn’t always work out, but I think in aggregate I maybe miss by 5-10% [...]
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V is for Viking (and vegan)
February 12, 2013
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Some Viking-possible pottages
June 4, 2012
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For the demo at June Faire this weekend I tried a couple of new pottages that worked out pretty well, with some reservations… For the first I put some pearl barley, whole oat groats, and whole dried green peas into a pottery vessel with some water and mustard seeds. I then spent quite a few [...]
Camping without a cooler, Viking style
May 24, 2012
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This weekend at Grand Thing I’m teaching a class on this subject, so I thought I’d jot down my notes here first… There are lots of Viking-possible foods that will survive a weekend without refrigeration. They possibilities really break down into two groups depending on whether or not you are willing to do any cooking, [...]
Viking possible chicken revisited
May 17, 2012
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Last year I tried a new chicken dish that worked pretty well, and a few weeks back at Faire in the Grove I decided to make it as part of my Viking cooking demo (plus feed the extended household lunch) with excellent results. The two biggest additions were a little bacon, and some cumin, and [...]
Tried some new dishes
June 8, 2011
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At June Faire last weekend I tried a couple of new Viking-possible dishes that worked out really well. Both were cooked over the fire, one in pottery (cabbage) and the other in cast iron (mostly because it was bigger than any of my pottery). In a clay pot, heated up some chopped bacon ends until [...]
Skyr
June 7, 2010
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I’ve had some ups and downs making skyr, and no two batches have come out quite the same way. The most reliable I’ve tried so far is based on the recipe in Complete Anachronist #143 “Skyr and Mysa: Viking curds and whey”. The recipe is pretty easy, but very time consuming, particularly heating the milk [...]
